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Relaxation   /rˌilæksˈeɪʃən/   Listen
noun
Relaxation  n.  
1.
The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law.
2.
Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement. "Hours of careless relaxation."





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"Relaxation" Quotes from Famous Books



... The relaxation of relief went through the wrought and waiting camp. The soldiers were not seeking THEM. Ready as these desperate men had been to do their leader's bidding, they were well aware that a momentary victory over the troopers would not pass unpunished, and ...
— The Bell-Ringer of Angel's and Other Stories • Bret Harte
... say or a father who, we are assured, watches without relaxation over the welfare of his feeble and unforeseeing children, and who, however, would leave them at liberty to go astray in the midst of rocks, precipices, and waters; who would prevent them but rarely from following their disordered appetites; ...
— Superstition In All Ages (1732) - Common Sense • Jean Meslier
... circles, where good cheer, good fellowship, and freedom from restraint are supposed to reign. There are, indeed, numerous clubs at the present day styled "Bohemian," but except so far as the tendency to relaxation appears upon the surface, they possess very few of the characteristics of that society of "Birds" that assembled around Mademoiselle de l'Enclos. They put aside all conventional restraint, and the ...
— Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos, - the Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century • Robinson [and] Overton, ed. and translation.
... lively, for the guests were mainly young, and the wines such as Hawkins can afford; but when we had assembled in the drawing-room, conversation seemed to slow down somewhat, and to pass over to a languid discussion of the house as a sort of relaxation. ...
— Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures • Edgar Franklin
... at his nails and speaking in a formal manner.] You have been bidden to Fauncey Court for rest and relaxation, Miss Fullgarney; it is most obliging of you to allow your pleasure to be ...
— The Gay Lord Quex - A Comedy in Four Acts • Arthur W. Pinero


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